Air China - Any fellow DC members flown?
Apr 1, 2010, 1:38 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA, FB, LH; PC/IC, HH, MR
Posts: 964
I flew to PEK from LHR in 08 (twice) down the back in cattle, and apart from the smoking bit, my experience was the same as HIDDY's
Beware, as a BD*G at the time, I was put on the front row middle (Mister Markdg, welcome on board as a Star Alliance Gold Card member - we've put you at the front sir), beneath the large projector screen (no in seat AVOD), and with a baby in the bassinet at the RHS 3 seats. I've never before had such an urge to punch anything/one that moved by the end of that one. Food choices were "Chicken or Beef", followed by "Chicken or Pork" - or similar
I'm not in a hurry to fly with them again
(Lounge in PEK T3 was fine)
Beware, as a BD*G at the time, I was put on the front row middle (Mister Markdg, welcome on board as a Star Alliance Gold Card member - we've put you at the front sir), beneath the large projector screen (no in seat AVOD), and with a baby in the bassinet at the RHS 3 seats. I've never before had such an urge to punch anything/one that moved by the end of that one. Food choices were "Chicken or Beef", followed by "Chicken or Pork" - or similar
I'm not in a hurry to fly with them again
(Lounge in PEK T3 was fine)
Apr 3, 2010, 11:03 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Belfast, UK
Programs: Diamond Club Silver, various other low ranking levels on all sorts of loyalty schemes
Posts: 103
Have flown PEK-HKG on CA 777 in J.
I thought the lounge at PEK was quite nice (was blown away by the scale of the airport in general) and the flight was very nice if you think European airline business class rather than Asian airline business class. Not up to same standard as the likes of OZ or SQ, but perfectly acceptable.
I thought the lounge at PEK was quite nice (was blown away by the scale of the airport in general) and the flight was very nice if you think European airline business class rather than Asian airline business class. Not up to same standard as the likes of OZ or SQ, but perfectly acceptable.
Jan 21, 2012, 5:45 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: HKG
Programs: Marriott Ambassador (Titanium Lifetime), BA Gold, Ex-Hertz 5* PC, Ex-HH Diamond, Ex-BD*G
Posts: 3,062
For anyone curious I've put a few observations elsewhere around Air China, having recently flown them on a few redemption flights domestically;
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...p-reports.html
One point to be aware of is the lack of redemption availability for flights opening up after I'd made my initial bookings and also that 2 weeks before the flight they appeared to zero all award availability from what I could say. They also seem to be pretty bad in only releasing a single first seat on many flights from my checking around, but most flights seem to have at least 1 first seat available.
The flights weren't too bad and I'd do them again domestically happily enough in either "first" or economy, but would avoid internationally if possible. The airports themselves were very impressive though - both PEK and PVG are enormous and so impressive to land at and taxi to a gate. Puts Heathrow into perspective really.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...p-reports.html
One point to be aware of is the lack of redemption availability for flights opening up after I'd made my initial bookings and also that 2 weeks before the flight they appeared to zero all award availability from what I could say. They also seem to be pretty bad in only releasing a single first seat on many flights from my checking around, but most flights seem to have at least 1 first seat available.
The flights weren't too bad and I'd do them again domestically happily enough in either "first" or economy, but would avoid internationally if possible. The airports themselves were very impressive though - both PEK and PVG are enormous and so impressive to land at and taxi to a gate. Puts Heathrow into perspective really.